Election
Constituency

191. Mokamah

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-MOKAMAH

INC 58.5%won by 41.1%SOP 17.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.1% to 41.1%.

  • New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 17.4% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.9% of the vote between them, up from 56.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
69,156
Margin
28,397
41.06%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KRISHNA SHAHIIndian National Congress · INC40,45958.5%
  2. 2VISHU DHARI LALSOP · SOP12,06217.4%
  3. 3JAGDISH NARAIN SINGHNCO · NCO6,7049.7%
  4. 4RAM KISHUN DASIndependent · IND6,0338.7%
  5. 5RAM BALAK MAHTOBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,2071.7%
  6. 6KARU YADAVIndependent · IND7601.1%
  7. 7KEDAR PRASADIndependent · IND6911.0%
  8. 8DAROGI YADAVIndependent · IND4620.7%
  9. 9DULARI SINHAIndependent · IND4370.6%
  10. 10DURGA SINGH PATELIndependent · IND3410.5%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SOP swing
+7.5%
INC share
33.5% → 58.5%
SOP share
0.0% → 17.4%
Turnout
— → —
190. Bachhwara192. Barh
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